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Some Naughty, Some Nice: Ringing in New California Laws for 2025

December 31, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 2, 2025 6:35 am

Most Californians know that the state does not need 1,200 new laws every year. Fortunately, most governors veto a handful. California Globe contributor Chris Micheli reported that during Governor Newsom’s 6 years in office, between 425 – 1,200 bills were...

Asm. DeMaio Unveils Republican Contract to Reform California in ‘26

December 27, 2024 8:00 amDecember 27, 2024 8:01 am

Carl DeMaio hit the ground running after being sworn in Dec. 2nd to the California Assembly. Two weeks ago DeMaio released his 7-Point Plan to Overhaul ‘Broken’ CA Republican Party. Now, he and Reform California are unveiling a Contract to...

Ringside: Quantifying California’s Brave EV Future

July 25, 2024 3:01 pmJuly 25, 2024 3:01 pm

Earlier this spring Motor Trend published a brief report with a title that revealed more than a little editorializing: “Guess Which State Is Exploring Replacing Gas Taxes With Surveillance?” And of course, that state is California. Let’s quickly dispense with some editorializing of our...

Sign Up for the State’s VMT Pilot Program – Please!

June 24, 2024 9:00 amJune 24, 2024 9:01 am

Sometimes, you have to take one for the team. In this case, it involves signing up for the California Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) tax pilot program. Why should you join such an effort, why go through the form-filled rigmarole and...

Hawking the Tourism Industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom Claims California is the GOAT

May 7, 2024 9:28 amMay 7, 2024 9:28 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom is on a public relations campaign, hawking his state as the Greatest Of All Time – in everything. While California’s natural beauty remains, and once used to be the land of opportunity, the Golden State has...

Top 50 Disasters Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Ushered into California

November 7, 2023 2:50 amNovember 9, 2023 6:52 am

The blockbuster news this weekend that Obama Democratic Strategist David Axelrod advised President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race after a damning poll showed him trailing behind former President Donald Trump, the New York Post reported. “David...

Watching in Real Time as Two-Term Gov. Gavin Newsom Destroys California With Devastating Policies

November 1, 2023 11:51 amNovember 1, 2023 4:31 pm

One of the benefits of a two-term governor is voters actually get to see the fruits of his policies while he is still in office. If he is a low-tax, budget-cutting, regulations-cutting, pro-2A, liberty-loving 1A governor, life gets better –...